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Inexpensive Christmassy scents for home?

28 replies

KatyNana · 01/12/2018 19:01

Any recommendations?
Candles, diffusers etc. Nothing very expensive. We are hosting Christmas and I want to have lovely smells in all the rooms.
I've hurt my leg so it's good if I can buy stuff online, but don't want to end up with things that smell artifical and not nice!

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akmum18 · 01/12/2018 19:15

Yankee candle have lots of lovely Christmas scents and you can pick wax tarts up for £1-2 and a burner from Poundland so it won’t cost as much as the candles, air wick also have some lovely Christmas sprays and plug ins I used last year

sleepismysuperpower1 · 01/12/2018 19:29

these candles always smell really nice link, as do yankee candles. i found that you can buy once used ones on ebay, for less than half the cost. link

Ricekrispie22 · 01/12/2018 19:34

M&S have a mandarin, cinnamon and clove candle which I bought for my DM but might actually keep for myself because it smells so good!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 01/12/2018 19:44

I'm very Hmm with my Yankee Candle , I bought a Large "Sparkling Cinnamon" , my favourite Christmas scent . (Yankee Store special offer , I was delighted) .......but it smells of wax Xmas Sad

I'm now on the search for a nice candle , might have to go down the White Company route?

Crimbobimbo · 01/12/2018 19:46

St eval my new favourite. There's winter thyme and an orange and cinnamon one. I've switched from white company Winter as they are half the price.

MissMarplesKnitting · 01/12/2018 19:50

I got a lovely candle from my garden centre. It's a make called heart and home and it's called Christmas tree and it smells EXACTLY like a real tree. I keep sniffing it.....

KatyNana · 01/12/2018 21:56

Thanks! Will check those out.

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BentNeckLady · 01/12/2018 22:02

Shearer candles www.shearer-candles.com/scented-candles/frankincense-and-myrrh?limit=all smell devine. You can get them on amazon if you’ve got prime you could have them tomorrow, I just by the tea lights :)

Sainsbury’s also do a nice Christmas one but can’t remember what it’s called - the red one.

babysharkah · 01/12/2018 22:02

Next room spray is £5 and really nice. Yankee candles give me a headache.

CountFosco · 01/12/2018 22:06

Buy nice soap from TKMaxx and your bathroom will smell lush.

I always get the kids to make pomanders to make the house smell good at Christmas. Cheap and gorgeous.

DeepIn40 · 01/12/2018 22:07

Wickford & Co candles)like Yankee) from Home Bargains. Love love the gingerbread one and at a fraction of the price WinkGrin

HolgerLowCarbingLoser · 02/12/2018 09:06

It’s much nicer to get a scented oil, IMO. M&S does them for not much money. £5 I think, but one little bottle of oil has lasted me two Christmases so far with at least another two to g. I put out a bowl of the matching Christmas pot pourri on a table in front of a radiator so the heat helps the oil to diffuse, and then I refresh the scent with the oil as needed. I only have a small living room so it works very well and the aroma is just right - not so strong to be stifling, but definitely makes it feel very cosy and Christmassy. If you need to scent to permeate a bigger space you could put a few drops of the oil onto each radiator to achieve the same effect.

This year and last I have used their frankincense and myrrh oil, but they also do a mandarin, clove and cinnamon one which is very nice.

www.marksandspencer.com/l/christmas/gifts-for-the-home/christmas-fragrance

www.marksandspencer.com/2-pack-frankincense-and-myrrh-refresher-oil/p/p60194576?prevPage=plp

SolemnlySwear2010 · 02/12/2018 10:24

I have just purchased 2 Aldi plug ins which the scent 'winterberry' they are lovely and much nicer than their vanilla scents.

TheOnlyPink · 02/12/2018 11:44

I got a recommendation from this site for Candle Belle and I bought 3 wax melts to try and I'm really impressed. Beautiful fragrance and good quality. Things like yankee can give my dh headaches, but these dont. I burned a full tea light in one go, and the scent lingered in my living room until the following day.

Wormwoodm · 02/12/2018 11:53

Go to home sense and to maxx, you can get really nice ones heavily reduced.

MickHucknallspinkpancakes · 02/12/2018 12:24

Zara home have gingerbread scented candles, soap and roomscenters.

I'm absolutely addicted to them, I even have the fragrance in the car freshener. Blush

Stompythedinosaur · 02/12/2018 18:10

I'm really liking my Fox and Ivy mulled wine candle I got from Tescos. It was £8 (and was being sold as an advent candle but I'm just burning as I like) and is lasting for a good long time.

Otterses · 02/12/2018 18:20

B&M or Home Bargins (can't remember which) have MASSIVE ginger bread jar candles for £2.99 Grin it's really strong, even when not lit. Burning really evenly too.

jalopy · 02/12/2018 19:11

Stick cloves into a large orange. The aroma is fabulous.

MinecraftHolmes · 02/12/2018 19:28

I love the M&S Frankincense and Myrrh candle, and the Mandarin, Clove and Cinnamon one. Smells amazing, and I got 3 for 2 on the individual mini glitter candles which are £4 each.

HolgerLowCarbingLoser · 02/12/2018 19:41

I love the little scented glitter candles from M&S! I’ve had them every Christmas for the past 4 or 5 years. Especially the red ones are so pretty and they really sparkle well in the light from the tree.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 02/12/2018 20:44

Ooh , I've had a thought .
Many years ago we used to buy the Neals Yard oils and put them in a burner . You have to blow the candle out before the water evaporates or it makes you choke ! We didn;t use them once we had DS .

DH bought one of the electric burners last year , I will search up the cinnamon and mandarin oils now .....

IdaDown · 03/12/2018 06:35

St Eval - Inspiritus.

KatyNana · 03/12/2018 09:05

Mmm so many good suggestions.
I may get some of those oils actually as then I don't need to worry about kids and candles or indeed actually remembering to light them. And I'm off to Google making pomanders now.

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sproutsandparsnips · 03/12/2018 15:23

M&S frankincense and myrrh